The Hump, one of the most highly-recognized sushi restaurants in Santa Monica, is now under federal investigation, after investigators claiming restaurants chef was selling banned whale meat to audacious diners seeking something a bit more exotic.

Armed with a search warrant on Friday, Federal Authorities proceeded to collect evidence from the restaurant, including marine mammal parts and various documents and records.
The attempted sale or possession of marine mammals is a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and can lead to a year in prison along with a $20,000 fine.

Italy's Azzurra and Team New Zealand remain the only unbeaten race teams this far after the second day of competition among America's Cup teams at the Louis Vuitton Trophy sailing regatta. Host Team New Zealand capitalized on a gear failure aboard the Italian entrant Mascalzone Latino to come from behind for its second win in two races.

A clip holding up the Italians' headsail gave way, causing the jib to drop and enabling the New Zealanders to sail to a 4 minute, 43 second dominating win. Azzurra, helmed by Francesco Bruni, beat Russia's Synergy by 41 seconds to secure its unbeaten race record after two matches in the first round robin.